British Election Study

Britain's oldest social survey. We provide non-partisan and independent data and research on British general elections. Account run by the 2014-2026 BES team.

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Celebrating 60 years @BESResearch 'an essential resource for election researchers since the 1960s' @ProfJaneGreen @NuffieldCollege @OfficialUoM @caprosser @RoyalHolloway @jon_mellon @PoliSciJack @JamesDavidGriff @perrett_stuart

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🚨New Data 🚨

The British Election Study team are happy to announce the release of the 2024 Expert Survey.

We have also released the Trend File for the 2014-2024 surveys.

Thank you to those who completed the survey!

Find the data here: https://t.co/g2TtiXVmdV

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📣 Data update 📣

We have updated our Teaching Dataset to include our 2024 waves (26-29)

These datasets (wide/long) have a condensed number of variables, which are designed for use by teaching professionals.

Available here: https://t.co/12FLYUrWno

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📢Data Update 📢

We have released an updated version of the British Election Study Internet Panel, alongside waves 20, 27, and 29 with some minor fixes. This includes rectifying a small labelling issue with our selfPriorities variables.

Find data here:

https://t.co/gMBzEYa1SH

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Reflections from @BESResearch team on 60th Year Anniversary of the BES https://t.co/hBONgoGbzs @ProfJaneGreen @jon_mellon @caprosser @PoliSciJack @OfficialUoM @NuffieldCollege @NuffieldLibrary @UniofOxford @Politics_Oxford @oxsocsci @NPRCOxford

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Watch the recent 60 Year British Election Study Anniversary Lecture from @BESResearch Director, Prof Ed Fieldhouse @OfficialUoM https://t.co/JJ5LKmKeC3 for the full Lecture https://t.co/uC3da4U8zU @NPRCResearch @ProfJaneGreen @jon_mellon @caprosser @PoliSciJack @JamesDavidGriff

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🚨New Research🚨
@ProfJaneGreen and @Marie_Sohnius have explored disillusionment among young voters, which was featured on @BBCr4today.

You can read the blog here: https://t.co/eEgW6SS5Qq

Or you can listen to Prof Green here (from 02:40:55): https://t.co/HK3sEaWWFD

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These fundamentals, coupled with the return of @Nigel_Farage, almost certainly contributed to Reform UK's performance in 2024. The question now is what happens next, especially if the Conservatives are less unpopular heading into the next election

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📣 New Research 📣

With the new BESIP released, we're excited to see your analysis of the 2024 GE

In the meantime, @JamesDavidGriff @ProfJaneGreen and Ed Fieldhouse have looked at what we know about @reformparty_uk

Watch: https://t.co/UACmNwHuYN

Read: https://t.co/DY02PpUyb8

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In short, Reform UK's voters are mostly ex-Conservative and UKIP voters, who believe that immigration is the key issue facing Britain and that the Conservatives cannot reduce it. As a result, they are very similar to UKIP voters in 2015!

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Happy #EPOP2024 everyone.

We are pleased to announce the release of waves 27, 28, and 29 of the BES Internet Panel. You can find the panel, and the standalone files, on our website:

https://t.co/RWc6ENlvVF

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Fascinating discussion to mark the 60th anniversary of the British Election Study this evening. Great opportunity to look back on 2024 election and see it in the context of longer term trends.

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We now move to discussing what the results in Professor Fieldhouse's talk mean for British politics with @PaulBrandITV

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We are here at the @BritishAcademy_ to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the British Election Study, with a presentation from Professor Ed Fieldhouse and discussion from @PaulBrandITV

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Professor Fieldhouse is now discussing what the British Election Study can tell us about the latest UK General Election.

The main story is that we have high volatility between elections, but people tend to switch within 'party families'

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In short, the Liberal Democrats won more support from 2019 Labour voters in seats where they were the main competition to the Conservatives. This helped make their vote more efficient, and ultimately increased the scale of the Conservatives' defeat.

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📢New blog📢

In our first post-election analysis, @JamesDavidGriff, @ProfJaneGreen, and Ed Fieldhouse explore how tactical voting helped the Liberal Democrats in 2024.

Read here: https://t.co/4eSpXf9LDI

Or watch our video summary below:
https://t.co/jdBkpKrmti

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📢NEW DATA 📢

The team are pleased to announce the full release of wave 26 (May 2024) of the British Election Study Internet Panel.

You can find the data here: https://t.co/gMBzEYa1SH